Coming to: consciousness and natality in early modern England
Introduction : Beginnings -- Milton and the birth of consciousness. Unexperienced thought ; Human nature experienced -- Traherne and the consciousness of birth. From creation to birth ; In utero -- Locke and the life of consciousness -- Natality and empiricism.
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago London
The University of Chicago Press
2020
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Milton, John 1608-1674
/ Locke, John 1632-1704
/ Traherne, Thomas 1637-1674
/ English language
/ Epic poetry
/ Philosophy
/ Consciousness (Motif)
/ History 1600-1700
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Locke, John (1632-1704)
B Fetus in literature B Philosophy, English 17th century B English poetry 17th century History and criticism B Experience in literature B Milton, John (1608-1674) Criticism and interpretation B Infant psychology (England) History 17th century B Consciousness in literature B Traherne, Thomas (-1674) Criticism and interpretation |
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| Summary: | Introduction : Beginnings -- Milton and the birth of consciousness. Unexperienced thought ; Human nature experienced -- Traherne and the consciousness of birth. From creation to birth ; In utero -- Locke and the life of consciousness -- Natality and empiricism. "In "Coming To," Timothy Harrison reminds us of the forgotten role of poetry in the history of the idea of consciousness. Drawing our attention to a sea change in the English seventeenth century, when, over the course of a half century, "conscience" made a sudden shift to "consciousness," he traces a line that leads from the philosophy of René Descartes to the poetry of John Milton, from the prenatal memories of theologian Thomas Traherne to the unresolved perspective on natality, consciousness, and ethics in the philosophy of John Locke. Harrison shows how each of these figures responded to the importance accorded the first-person perspective and their views of the origins of how human thought began. Taken together, the writings of this unlikely group of thinkers sheds new light on the emergence of the concept of consciousness and the meaning of human natality. It will be read by literary scholars, philosophers, and historians of science alike"-- |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis Seite 299-321 Mit Register |
| ISBN: | 022672512X |